Garden implement.



K. TSUBOI. GARDEN IMPLEMENT. APrLIoATIoN mm1) JULYa, 1111s.`

Patented sept.1,1914.

ESSES: la? 0f n xAYozI TsUBoI, or PORTLAND, OREGON'.

GARDEN IMPLEMENT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

.Application fuga July 5,1913. semina. 777,510.

To all -zrzom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, KAYOZI TSUBOI, residing at Portland, in the county'of Multnomah and State of Oregon, havev invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garden Implements, of which the following is a specification. v'

My presentinvention has relation to garden implements and it is more particularly designed for providing a simple-and inexpensive garden hoe of' that-class having a pronged edge and a cutting edge.

Among other objects, my present inventionv see rs to provide certain"improvements in'garden implements in which is included -an inexpensive and easily manipulated means for holding the rake, cutter or other body head member in interlockable engagement with the handle.

'.My present invention comprehends a new andimproved garden implement in which is embodied the peculiar and novel arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter first described, pointed out in theappended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, the body portion'thereof being arranged as a scraper. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the head portion thereof, the same being shown as a cutting implement. Figs3and4are detail. views of parts hereinafter specifically referred to. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of lmy invention. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail cross sections taken on the line 6-6 and 7-7 on Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a further modification of my invention. Fig. 9 is a cross section thereof on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective of one end of the wire member shown in Fig. 5. Fig. v11 is a section on line 11-11 on Fig. 10.` Fig. 12- is a detail perspective of one of the wire members shown in Fig. 8.

In the practical application of my invention, the same embodies a head or body por-- tion, ahandle and a means for detachably interlocking the head port-ion'with the han-l dle, and the provision of such form of interlocking means whereby the same handle member may be utilized for holding different kinds of head or body portions.

In the preferred arrangement of my invention, as shown, (see Figs. l, 2 andy 3) vthe head or body portion of the imple-ment is in the nature of a rectangular frame l,

one edgeof which is turned inwardly and tapered to form a chopping or hacking blade 2, and the opposite edge is formed with rake-like teeth 3. At the opposite ends, the. body 1 has integral inwardly extending side arms 4, the upper and lower edges of which are bent inwardly to form horizontal ianges 5 to thereby provide a grooved .wa-y for the reception of the side arms 6 of the handle which consists of the sprin metal body, that includes the side arms 6, t 1e tangi 7 and the handle proper 8. The outer end of each of the side arms 6 h as a V-shaped notch 9 that communicates with a V-s'haped -groove 10 that extends along the outer face of the arm and terminates at an aperture 11.

Then used as in Figs. 1 and 2, the side arms are bent inwardly and sprung into the grooved faces of the side arms of the frame 1, the latter each having an inwardly pro- Paeented sept. 1,1914..-

jected stud 12 for fitting into the apertures* 11 in the said side arms, as shown.

In Fig. 5, the body portion is in the nature of a beater formed of a single strand of heavy spring wire bent into a loop, the ends being formed with lateral portions 13, V-

shaped in cross section'(see Fi 6) to seat into the V-shaped notches of t e side arms 6 of the handle.

The ends of the loop-like body, shown .1n Fig. 5, or the straight cross member 16, shown in the modified form Fig. 8, include parallel clamping members 14 also V-shaped in cross section so as to snugly fit the V- shaped grooves in the arms 6 6 and the said members 14 terminate in inturned fingers 15 for fitting into the apertures 11 in the said side arms 6.

By forming the wire members,- as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, the 4side arms 6 can be readily interlocked with the said wire members to hold them in a fixed relation with From the foregoinr taken in connection with the drawings, tIie lcomplete construction, the manner inwwhich the several parts may be assembled and the advantages of my 'invention will be readily apparent.

What I claim is: f

1. A garden implement comprising a h andle including a pair of opposite resillent side arms, eacl1 having an aperture and a loo longitudinal groove on the outer face that extends from the apertures to the end of the arm` and a tool including side fingers each of which has a portion for engaging 5 the aperture in its respective side arm, and

another portion for engaging the grooves in their said respective side arms.

2. Ar garden implement comprisinga handle including a pair of opposite resilient side arms, each having an aperture near its outer/end, a groove in the outer face thereof that extends from the aperture to the outer end of the arm, the said outer end having a notch. and atool, the said tool including side fingers for seating in the grooves of the side arms, the ends of the said lingers terminating in inturned members for engaging the apertures in the side arms, said tool also including portions for seating in the notches in the ends of the side arms.

3. A garden implement which comprises two imp ement members, one of which consists of a handle including a pair of resilient side arms having a circular aperture in each near the cuter ends of the same, the other of said implement members comprising a tool that includes opposing side fingers, pins carried by said side lingers to yenter said apertures, and means for holding said arms, and fingers in alinement from turning on said pins, said means comprising the provision of one of said implement members with grooves into which the opposing parts of the other of said implement members lie, substantially as shoivn and described.

KAYOZI TSUBOI.

Witnesses:

W. J. MAKELIM, I. SAMSTRONG. 

